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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml index b8207438910..0c32114cf70 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml @@ -265,8 +265,14 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <term><option>--data-checksums</option></term> <listitem> <para> - Use checksums on data pages to help detect corruption by the - I/O system that would otherwise be silent. Enabling checksums + Use checksums on data pages to help detect corruption by the I/O + system that would otherwise be silent. This is enabled by default; + use <xref linkend="app-initdb-no-data-checksums"/> to disable + checksums. + </para> + + <para> + Enabling checksums might incur a small performance penalty. If set, checksums are calculated for all objects, in all databases. All checksum failures will be reported in the @@ -343,12 +349,11 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry id="app-initdb-no-data-checksums" xreflabel="no data checksums"> + <varlistentry id="app-initdb-no-data-checksums"> <term><option>--no-data-checksums</option></term> <listitem> <para> - Do not enable data checksums. This can be used to override a - <option>--data-checksums</option> option. + Do not enable data checksums. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |